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EVENT 42/3
| On Poetry |
Michael Crummey, Under the Keel: Poems (Anansi, 2013) Michael Mirolla, The House on 14th Avenue (Signature Ed., 2013) Stephanie McKenzie, Saviours in this Little Space for Now (Salmonpoetry, 2013) Read the review by Crystal Hurdle. |
| Russell Thornton, Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain (Harbour, 2013) Anne Compton, Alongside (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2013) John Reibetanz, Afloat (Brick Books, 2013) Read the review by Kevin McNeilly. |
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| On Non-Fiction | Carol Shaben, Into the Abyss (Random House Canada, 2012) Jay Ruzesky, In Antarctica (Nightwood Editions, 2013) Read the review by Andrew MacDonald. |
| On Fiction |
Corinna Chong, Belinda’s Rings (NeWest, 2013) Claire Wilkshire, Maxine (Breakwater Books, 2013) Read the review by Elizabeth McCausland. |
EVENT 42/2
| On Fiction | Bradley Somer, Imperfections (Nightwood Editions, 2012) C.P. Boyko, Psychology and Other Stories (Biblioasis, 2012) Read the review by David Ingham here or download the PDF. |
| Rachel Wyatt, Suspicion (Coteau Books, 2012) Anthony Bidulka, Stain of the Berry (Insomniac Press, 2012) Read the review by Trish Matson here or download the PDF. |
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| Sean Virgo, Dibidalen: Ten Stories (Thistledown Press, 2012) Barry Webster, The Lava in My Bones (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012) Read the review by Cathy Stonehouse here or download the PDF. |
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| On Poetry | Jessica Hiemstra, Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle (Biblioasis, 2012) Ludwig Zeller, trans. A.F. Moritz, The Rules of the Game (Quattro, 2012) Jason Heroux, Natural Capital (Mansfield Press, 2012) Read the review by Nick Thran here or download the PDF. |
EVENT 42/1
| On Fiction | Carrie Snyder, The Juliet Stories (House of Anansi, 2012) Cary Fagan, My Life Among the Apes (Cormorant, 2012) Read the review by Vanessa Blakeslee here. |
| Pasha Malla, People Park (Anvil, 2012) Teresa McWhirter, Five Little Bitches (Cormorant, 2012) Read the review by Brenna Clarke Gray here. |
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| Heather Birrell, Mad Hope (Coach House Books, 2012) Dorothy Speak, Reconciliation (Dorothy Speak, 2012) Read the review by Carol Matthews here. |
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| On Poetry | George Fetherling, A.F. Moritz ed., Plans Deranged by Time: The Poetry of George Fetherling (Wilfrid Laurier University, 2012) Patrick Friesen, A Dark Boat (Anvil, 2012) Anne Szumigalski, Mark Abley ed., A Woman Clothed in Words (Coteau, 2012) Read the review by Christopher Levenson here. |
EVENT 41/3
| On Fiction | Riel Nason, The Town That Drowned (Lane Editions, 2011) Michelle Butler Hallett, Deluded Your Sailors (Killick Press, 2011) Read the review by Daniel Cameron here. |
| Kim Thúy, Sheila Fischman trans., Ru (Random House Canada, 2012) Yasuko Thanh, Floating Like the Dead (McClelland & Stewart, 2012) Read the review by Marian Botsford Fraser here. |
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| On Non-Fiction | John Mikhail Asfour & Elee Kraljii Gardiner eds., V6A: Writing From Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012) Ed Starkins, Who Killed Janet Smith? (Anvil Press, 2011) Read the review by Elizabeth McCausland here. |
| On Poetry | Susan Steudel, New Theatre (Coach House Books, 2012) Helen Guri, Match (Coach House Books, 2011) Stuart Ross, You Exist (Anvil Press, 2012) Read the review by Meredith Quartermain here. |
| Colin Browne, The Properties (Talonbooks, 2012) Steven Price, Omens in the Year of the Ox (Brick Books, 2012) Madeline Sonik, The Book of Changes (Inanna, 2012) Read the review by Nikki Reimer here |
EVENT 41/2
| On Fiction | Sarah Schulman, The Mere Future (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011) Sue Sorensen, A Large Harmonium (Coteau Books, 2011) Read the review by David Ingham here. |
| On Non-Fiction | Steven Heighton, Workbook: Memos and Dispatches on Writing (ECW Press, 2011) Allison Crawford et al. , Body & Soul: Narratives of Healing from Ars Medica (University of Toronto Press, 2011) Read the review by Andrew MacDonald here. |
| On Fiction/Non-Fiction | Gary Geddes, Drink the Bitter Root: A Writer’s Search for Justice and Redemption in Africa (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011) Stephen Gauer, Hold Me Now (Freehand Books, 2011) Read the review by Liza Potvin here. |
| On Poetry | Stephanie Bolster, A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth (Brick Books, 2011) Carmine Starnino, Ed., John Glassco and the Other Montreal (Frog Hollow Press, 2011) Sachiko Murakami, Rebuild (Talonbooks, 2011) Read the review by Maurice Mierau here. |
EVENT 41/1
| On Fiction | Nicole Lundrigan, Glass Boys (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011) Guy Vanderhaeghe, A Good Man (McClelland & Stewart, 2011) Read the review by Brenna Clarke Gray here. |
| Esme Claire Keith, not being on a boat (Freehand Books, 2011) Emma Ruby-Sachs, The Water Man’s Daughter (Emblem Editions, 2011) Read the review by Cathy Stonehouse here. |
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| Sadru Jetha, Nuri Does Not Exist (Talonbooks, 2011) Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English (Anansi, 2011) Read the review by Spencer Underwood here. |
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| On Poetry | Leslie Vryenhoek, Gulf (Oolichan Books, 2011) Glen Downie, Local News (Wolsak and Wynn, 2011) Carleton Wilson, The Material Sublime (Nightwood Editions, 2011) Read the review by Miranda Pearson here. |
EVENT 40/3
| On Fiction/ Non-Fiction | Richard Wagamese, One Story, One Song (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011) Jane Rule, Taking My Life (Talonbooks, 2011) Read the review by Meg Stainsby here. |
| On Fiction | Ian Williams, Not Anyone’s Anything (Freehand Books, 2011) Michael Christie, The Beggar’s Garden (HarperCollins, 2011) Read the review by June Hutton here. |
| K.D. Miller, Brown Dwarf (Biblioasis, 2010) Liz Bugg, Red Rover (Insomniac Press, 2010) Read the review by Michael Mirolla here. |
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| On Poetry | Goran Simić, Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman (Biblioasis, 2010) Keith Garebian, Children of Ararat (Frontenac House, 2010) Read the review by Nick Thran here. |
EVENT 40/2
| On Non-Fiction | Don Gayton, Man Facing West (Thistledown Press, 2010) Anne Sorbie, Memoir of a Good Death: A Novel (Thistledown Press, 2010) Read the review by Cynthia Flood here. |
| On Fiction | Katrina Best, Bird Eat Bird (Insomniac Press, 2010) Darcie Friesen Hossack, Mennonites Don’t Dance (Thistledown Press, 2010) Read the review by Steven Galloway here. |
| Gabriella Goliger, Girl Unwrapped (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010) Yasmin Ladha, Blue Sunflower Startle (Freehand Books, 2010) Genni Gunn, Solitaria (Signature Editions, 2010) Read the review by Elizabeth McCausland here. |
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| On Poetry | Suzanne Buffam, The Irrationalist (Anansi, 2010) Steven Heighton, Patient Frame (Anansi, 2010) Tim Bowling, The Annotated Bee & Me (Gaspereau, 2010) Read the review by Kevin McNeilly here. |
EVENT 40/1
| On Poetry | David W. McFadden, Why Are You So Long and Sweet? (Insomniac Press, 2010) Johanna Skibsrud, I Do Not Think I Could Love Another Human Being (Gaspereau Press, 2010) Read the review by Darren Bifford here. |
| On Fiction | Harry Karlinsky, The Evolution of Inanimate Objects (Insomniac Press, 2010) A.J. Somerset, Combat Camera (Biblioasis, 2010) Read the review by Andrew MacDonald here. |
| Alexander MacLeod, Light Lifting (Biblioasis, 2010) Ann Perdue, I’m a Registered Nurse Not a Whore (Insomniac Press, 2010) Rachel Wyatt, Letters to Omar (Coteau Books, 2010) Read the review by Liza Potvin here. |
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| On Fiction/ Non-Fiction |
Douglas Coupland, Player One: What Is to Become of Us: A Novel in Five Hours (Anansi, 2010) Sarah Leavitt, Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me (Freehand Books, 2010) Read the review by Brenna Clarke Gray here. |
EVENT 39/3
| On Non-Fiction | Naomi Beth Wakan, Book Ends: A Year Between the Covers (Poplar Press, 2010) Betsy Warland, Breathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing (Cormorant Books, 2010) Clem Martini & Olivier Martini, Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness (Freehand Books, 2010) Read the review by Heather Birrell here. |
EVENT 39/2
| On Poetry | Damien Rogers, Paper Radio (ECW Press, 2009) Matthew Tierney, The Hayflick Limit (Coach House Books, 2009) Billeh Nickerson, McPoems (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009) Read the review by Darren Bifford here. |
| Erín Moure, O Resplandor (Anansi, 2010) Chris Hutchinson, Other People’s Lives (Brick Books, 2009) Read the review by Nick Thran here. |
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| On Fiction | David Derry, Sentimental Exorcisms< (Coach House Books, 2009) Anik See, postcard and other stories (Freehand Books, 2009) Paul Headrick, The Doctrine of Affections (Freehand Books, 2010) Read the review by Michael Mirolla here. |
| Antonia Banyard, Never Going Back (Thistledown Press, 2010) Lydia Kwa, Pulse (Key Porter Books, 2010) Read the review by Hilary Turner here. |
EVENT 39/1
| On Poetry | Maleea Acker, The Reflecting Pool (Pedlar Press, 2009) Heather Cadsby, Could be (Brick Books, 2009) Carmine Starnino, This Way Out (Gaspereau Press, 2009) Read the review by Nick Thran here. |
| On Fiction | Stuart Ross, Buying Cigarettes for the Dog (Freehand Books, 2009) Amy Jones, What Boys Like and Other Stories (Biblioasis, 2009) Read the review by Christine Dewar here. |
| Margaret Sweatman, The Players (Goose Lane Editions, 2009) Rhea Tregebov, The Knife Sharpener’s Bell (Coteau Books, 2009) Read the review by Lisa Grekul here. |
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| On Non-Fiction |
Denise Roig, Butter Cream: A Year in a Montreal Pastry School (Signature Editions, 2008) Aislinn Hunter, A Peepshow with Views of the Interior: Paratexts (Palimpsest Press, 2009) Jim Oaten, Accelerated Paces: Travels Across Borders and Other Imaginary Boundaries (Anvil Press, 2008) Read the review by Michael Mirolla here. |
